A Whittier man has been sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole in the 2009 robbery-murder of a San Pedro woman, according to the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office.

Michael Lee Bonfiglio, 35, was convicted by a jury on March 22 of one count of first-degree murder with the special allegation of robbery-murder in the fatal shooting of Ginie Samayoa, 27, the DA’s Office said in a news release.

Bonfiglio, one of three men charged in the case, was sentenced Monday by Long Beach Superior Court Judge Mark C. Kim.

Two other Whittier men, Raul Tiscareno, 29, and Daniel Keith Martinez, 37, the alleged triggerman, are scheduled to appear in Long Beach Superior Court in October for a pretrial hearing. They are set for trial in November, said Deputy District Attorney Julian Recana, who prosecuted the case.

Samayoa was killed during a robbery in which a laptop computer containing identify theft information was taken.

She was found slumped in the driver’s seat of her car Jan. 30, 2009. The car was in an alley about two blocks from her home in the Los Angeles Harbor area.

Samayoa was barely alive and died the next day. She had been shot once in the back of the head, authorities said.

“The minute you decided my daughter should not live any longer on this earth, you took part of my life as well,” Celia Roman, the victim’s mother, said in a victim’s impact statement. “I too feel like I have died with her.”

“It was appropriate under the circumstances,” Recana said of the sentence. “We believe (Bonfiglio) was the one who plotted the whole thing, and it just went down a terrible path.”

Tiscareno was tried earlier but the jury deadlocked. Tiscareno was arrested in possession of the stolen computer, Recana said.

Both Tiscareno and Martinez are charged with one count each of first-degree murder with the special circumstance of robbery-murder, conspiracy to commit robbery and second-degree robbery. Martinez also is charged with possession of a firearm by a felon.

Bonfiglio, who was a friend of the victim, also was convicted of conspiracy to commit robbery and second-degree robbery.

The charges against all three men included allegations of prior felony convictions.

The three men have been held in custody without bail since their arrests by Los Angeles police in February 2009, the DA’s Office said.

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